'INDIA bloc needs 'PM face' to take on Modi,' says former Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray ahead of meet
INDIA alliance meet gave indications that his faction of the Shiv Sena would be pushing for a coordinator of the alliance to be appointed as soon as possible and would also like a PM candidate from the INDIA opposition bloc̣.
“ Before Modi whether a face needs to be given is that is there, (we first) need to have a coordinator or a convenor and if possible we have to decide this in the shortest possible time whether there could be a face in front of Modi (PM candidate)”
Sources within the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) said that the party would be pushing for a coordinator to be appointed during the INDIA alliance meet and also looking for a discussion within the Opposition for a face to be decided to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi prior to the Lok Sabha polls. Uddhav’s take on a coordinator to be appointed during the INDIA bloc meeting is interesting as well as talk of having a face to take on Modi is interesting as there has been no agreement on who should be the co-ordinator or who should be the PM candidate to take on the BJP.
This is because many regional parties fear that a coordinator could automatically be a contender for the PM’s post.
Uddhav however said that being a coordinator does not mean that he would be a PM candidate. “He could be someone like George Fernandes (was a convenor of the NDA).
He should be someone who gets everyone (all the parties) together.”said Thackeray.
Uddhav said that there was no tussle in the INDIA opposition bloc over the question of who should lead the alliance. “No one is itching to be a leader here, we (all the opposition parties) have come together to save democracy… We have seen yesterday how several MP’s were suspended democracy on its last legs in the country.
